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Polychord
In music and music theory, a polychord consists of two or more chords, one on top of the other. In shorthand they are written with the top chord above a line and the bottom chord below,Policastro, Michael A. (1999). ''Understanding How to Build Guitar Chords and Arpeggios'', p. 168. . for example F upon C: . The use of polychords may suggest bitonality or polytonality. Harmonic parallelism may suggest bichords. Examples may be found in Igor Stravinsky's '' Petrushka'', p. 15, and '' Rite of Spring'', "Dance of the Adolescents" (1921) (see Petrushka chord). In the polychords in the image above, the first might suggest a thirteenth chord, the second may suggest a D minor ninth chord with upper extensions, but the octave separation of the 3rd makes the suggestion of two independent triads a minor ninth apart even more likely, and the fourth is a split-third chord. Extended chord In music, extended chords are certain Chord (music), chords (built from third (chord) ...
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Secundal
In music or music theory, secundal is the quality of a chord made from seconds, and anything related to things constructed from seconds such as counterpoint. Secundal chords are often called tone clusters more generally, especially when non-diatonic. " nythree or more pitches in secundal relationship may correctly be referred to as a tone cluster."Kostka & Payne (1995). Tonal Harmony, p. 499. Third Edition. . Chords which may be considered as built from sevenths, because of musical inversion, are secundal. Polychords may create secundal chords. The secundal harmony in Ross Lee Finney's "Playing Tag" provides "accentuation and forward motion", as well as the basis for the "fragmentary melody": See also * Tertian * Quartal * Polychord In music and music theory, a polychord consists of two or more chords, one on top of the other. In shorthand they are written with the top chord above a line and the bottom chord below,Policastro, Michael A. (1999). ''Understanding How to Bui ...
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Upper Structure
In jazz, the term upper structure or "upper structure triad" refers to a voicing approach developed by jazz pianists and arrangers defined by the sounding of a major or minor triad in the uppermost pitches of a more complex harmony.Ellenberger, Kurt. ''Materials and Concepts in Jazz Improvisation'', p.20. Examples Example 1: Below, a common voicing used by jazz pianists is given for the chord C79 (C major chord with a minor 7th, and extended with an augmented 9th). In the lower stave the notes E and B are given. These form a tritone which defines the dominant sound, and are the major 3rd and minor 7th of the C79 chord. In the upper stave the notes E, G, and B are given together: these form an E major triad. This E major triad is what would be called the upper structure. Considered in relation to the root C, the notes of this E major triad function, respectively, as the sharpened ninth (the root of the E major chord), fifth, and seventh in relation to that root. (Note: th ...
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Chord (music)
In Western music theory, a chord is a group of notes played together for their harmony, harmonic Consonance and dissonance, consonance or dissonance. The most basic type of chord is a Triad (music), triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the Root (chord), root note along with Interval (music), intervals of a Third (chord), third and a Fifth (chord), fifth above the root note. Chords with more than three notes include added tone chords, extended chords and tone clusters, which are used in contemporary classical music, jazz, and other genres. Chords are the building blocks of harmony and form the harmonic foundation of a piece of music. They provide the harmonic support and coloration that accompany melodies and contribute to the overall sound and mood of a musical composition. The factor (chord), factors, or component notes, of a chord are often sounded simultaneously but can instead be sounded consecutively, as in an arpeggio. A succession of chords is ca ...
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Quartal And Quintal Harmony
In music, quartal harmony is the building of Harmony, harmonic structures built from the Interval (music), intervals of the perfect fourth, the tritone, augmented fourth and the diminished fourth. For instance, a three-note quartal chord on C can be built by stacking perfect fourths, C–F–B. : Quintal harmony is harmonic structure preferring the perfect fifth, the augmented fifth and the tritone, diminished fifth. For instance, a three-note quintal chord on C can be built by stacking perfect fifths, C–G–D. : Properties The terms ''quartal'' and ''quintal'' imply a contrast, either compositional or perceptual, with traditional harmonic constructions based on thirds: listeners familiar with music of the common practice period are guided by tonalities constructed with familiar elements: the chords that make up major and minor scales, all in turn built from major third, major and minor thirds. Regarding chords built from perfect fourths alone, composer Vincent Persi ...
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Tertian
In music theory, ''tertian'' (, "of or concerning thirds") describes any piece, chord, counterpoint etc. constructed from the intervals of (major and minor) thirds. An interval such as that between the notes A and C encompasses 3 semitone intervals (A-B-B-C) and is termed a minor third while one such as that between C and E encompasses 4 semitones (C-D-D-E-E) and is called a major third. Tertian harmony (also called tertiary harmony ) principally uses chords based on thirds; the term is typically used to contrast with quartal and quintal harmony which uses chords based on fourths or fifths. A common triad chord can be regarded as consisting of a "stack" of two consecutive thirds. This allows for four permutations, each producing a chord with distinct quality: A musical scale may also be analyzed as a succession of thirds. The meantone temperament, a system of tuning that emphasizes pure thirds, may be called "tertian". Chords built from sixths may also be referred ...
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Petrushka Chord
The Petrushka chord is a recurring polytonal device featured in Igor Stravinsky's 1911 ballet '' Petrushka,'' as well as in later compositions. It consists of two major triads separated by a tritone; when sounded together, the chords clash "horribly with each other", producing a distinctive and dissonant sound. Structure The Petrushka chord is typically defined as the simultaneous sounding of two major triads separated by a tritone. In ''Petrushka'', Stravinsky employs C major over F major. The version as played in the piano during the second tableau Taruskin, Richard (Spring, 1987). "Chez Pétrouchka – Harmony and Tonality "chez" Stravinsky", p. 269, ''19th-Century Music'', Vol. 10, No. 3, Special Issue: Resolutions I., pp. 265–286. is illustrated below: A variation of the chord, played by the clarinets, is also shown below. In this instance, the F major triad appears in first inversion: The device uses tones that, together, make up a synthetic hexatonic scale (0 1 ...
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G7(sharp11b9) Vs Db Over G Chord
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Chordioid
A chordioid, also called ''chord fragment'' or ''fragmentary voicing''Rawlins, Robert, et al. (2005) ''Jazzology: The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians'', p. 86. Winona: Hal Leonard. . or ''partial voicing'', is a group of musical notes which does not qualify as a chord under a given chord theory, but still useful to name and reify for other reasons. Almost all types of chordioid are at least ancohemitonic, allowing the possibility that the resultant scale be at least ancohemitonic itself. The main use of chordioids is to form "legitimate" chords enharmonically in 12TET by adding one or more notes to this base.Slonimsky, Nicholas. (1947) ''Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns'', p. v. New York: Charles Scribner Sons. . It is typical of chordioids that many different resultant chords can be created from the same base depending on the note or combination of notes added. The resultant chords on a single chordioid are somewhat related, because they can be progres ...
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Park Avenue Beat Polychord
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Elektra Chord
The ''Elektra'' chord is a "complexly consonance and dissonance, dissonant signature-chord (music), chord"Lawrence Kramer. "Fin-de-siècle Fantasies: ''Elektra'', Degeneration and Sexual Science", ''Cambridge Opera Journal'', Vol. 5, No. 2. (Jul., 1993), pp. 141-165. and motive (music), motivic elaboration used by composer Richard Strauss to represent the title character of his opera ''Elektra (opera), Elektra'' that is a "polytonality, bitonal synthesis of E major and C-sharp major" and may be regarded as a polychord related to conventional chords with extended harmony, added thirds,H. H. Stuckenschmidt; Piero Weiss. "Debussy or Berg? The Mystery of a Chord Progression", ''The Musical Quarterly'', Vol. 51, No. 3. (Jul., 1965), pp. 453-459. in this case an eleventh chord. It is Enharmonic, enharmonically equivalent to a 79 chord : D-F-A-C-E and a 69 chord : E-G-B-C-F. In ''Elektra'' the chord, Elektra's "harmony, harmonic signature" is treated various ways betraying "both tonali ...
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McCoy Tyner
Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA Jazz Master and five-time Grammy Award winner. Tyner has been widely imitated, and is one of the most recognizable and influential jazz pianists of all time. Early life and education Tyner was born on December 11, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of Jarvis and Beatrice (née Stevenson) Tyner's three children. Tyner was encouraged to study piano by his mother, who had installed a piano at her beauty salon. When he was 13, Tyner began piano lessons at Granoff School of Music, where he also studied music theory and harmony. By the time he was 15, music had become the focus of his life. Tyner's decision to study piano was reinforced when he encountered bebop pianist Bud Powell, a neighbor of the Tyner family. Another major infl ...
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